LOVE TO LEARN TO COOK?  ​THESE CLASSES WILL HAVE YOU WHIPPING UP DELICIUS MEALS BRINGING OUT THE CHEF WITHIN YOU AND THRILLING YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS IN NO TIME! 

essential cooking skills programmes

step 1:   PICK YOUR MODULE from our "learn to cook" series

Beginners:  Learn to Cook Essential Skills Part I series - led by Chef Kunta
REGISTRATION FOR THIS COURSE IS NOW OPEN. WILL ONLY TAKE MAXIMUM OF 10 STUDENTS.

AIM:  This course is aimed at those who are new to the kitchen or simply underconfident in their cooking abilities.

SCOPE:  The course gives you tools to understand & enables you to go about preparing food that is simple to prepare yet full of flavour.  The goal is to eventually become fully self-reliant and to offer The Studio participants an opportunity to harvest fresh herbs like lemongrass, chili, basil, and corriander.

TOPICS COVERED:  Classes cover basic cooking techniques i.e. Roasting, Stir Frying, Grilling, and Sautéeing together with basic hygiene & basic table layout.  All you need is interest and motivation to learn. The rest is easy!

TARGET:  This course is suitable for cooking enthusiasts, housewives, housekeepers, would-be caterers, beginners or newly weds, students going away to university or as part of corporate team-building activities, etc..  ALL ARE WELCOME!

TAKEAWAYS:  That all attending will receive a 40-page cooking manual, and a certificate when completing this course.  The food cooked during each class will be taken home.

Module A:  Learn to cook chicken
Module B:  Learn to cook beef
Module C:  Learn to cook seafood
Module D:  Learn to cook fast food
Module E:  Learn to bake

Advanced Beginner:  Learn to Cook Essential Skills Part II series
WILL ONLY TAKE MAXIMUM OF 10 STUDENTS.

TOPICS COVERED: Let’s continue our culinary journey in LEARN TO COOK ESSENTIAL SKILLS SERIES and expand our skills.  In these lessons, we will be learning about Braising, Poaching, steaming, stewing, pudding and pastry.  As with all our classes, the idea is to have fun, keep it simple and enjoy good food.

Module A:  Learn to cook Continental Breakfast
Module B:  Learn to grill or braai
Module C:  Learn to make pastries
Moduel D:  Learn to bake cakes
Moduel E:  Learn to decorate cakes

PROVIDED:
40-page training manual
Certificate of completion
Takeaways
Pssst ...  Did you know?

​According to psychologists, men who love to cook have a creative mind and for them cooking is an art and the art of plating and presentation matters a lot for them.  From crockery to dining set-up, they are the real-life perfectionists.
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2022 programme flyer released on July 29, on MFK Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn pages. First courses kicked off with Christmas class on Dec 13.
Christmas Cooking Course led by Chef Kunta held on Dec 13 & 17, 2022
Participants of just completed Essential Cooking Skills Course led by Chef Kunta held on Jan 7 and 14, 2023

BENEFITS OF CORPORATE COOKING CLASSES
LEARNING THROUGH EXPERIENCE
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Many business leaders know the secret to achieving success begins with attempting to accomplish something firsthand.

Throwing your employees into a kitchen and asking them to prepare a meal will seem easy to some and extremely challenging to others.  For those without prior cooking knowledge, it’s a great way to teach them a critical skill – the ability to learn through experience.
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While our master chefs offer guidance, they also present intriguing curveballs to your company’s teams. Your employees will not only learn how to cook a meal but how to ask for help and how to adapt to their situation in real time to achieve success.

The best cook usually assumes leadership of a team, and even then, they know their success is dependent on the people working alongside them.  They must trust their teammates to accomplish the tasks they assign them, and their teammates must learn how to take direction and even ask for help!

​When it comes to teamwork and success, there’s a first time for everything.

step 2:  choose your group

the modern housewife cooking classes

COUPLE " bonding times" COOKING lessons

team building  COOKING lessons

cooks UPGRADING cooking lessons

step 3:  choose your date

Option #1: 
  1. Gather your own group of ten friends, bridal parties or work-colleagues or your formal corporate bonding programmes or your spouse, one month before the scheduled date;
  2. Form your own class, select a scheduled date, book with us, and;
  3. Complete your payment two weeks before the class start date.
  4. Your booking date is confirmed on payment.

Option #2:
  1. Select from pre-set dates set by the culinary education team.
  2. Visit our premises and observe us in operation.
  3. Complete your payment two weeks before the class start date.
  4. Your booking for our programmes is confirmed on payment.
  5. You will join others who have selected the same date as you.  In the event of sessions that do not make up ten participants, the MFK office will reach you for the next available date for the module.

STUDIO MFK PRE-SET CURRENT CLASS DATES:

SHORT CLASS DATES:

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FIVE WEEK COURSE START DATE:
CLASS END DATE:
CLASS 1-5 DATES:
SCHEDULED DAY OF WEEK: 
​SCHEDULED TIME:
GROUP 1: FEB 4 (SATURDAY)
GROUP 2: FEB 25 (SATURDAY)
​TIME:  10 AM - 1 PM
MARCH 6 - APRIL 17, 2023 (MONDAYS)
MARCH 11 - APRIL 22 , 2023 (SATURDAYS)
WEEKLY ON MONDAYS / SATURDAYS, SCHEDULE WILL BE PROVIDED
MONDAYS / SATURDAYS
​MONDAYS:  6 PM - 9 PM
SATURDAYS:  10 AM - 1 PM

step 4:  pay your fees

ESSENTIAL COOKING SKILLS SERIES
PER PARTICIPANT (FIVE MODULES PART I):
PER PARTICIPANT (FIVE MODULES PART II):​
​P 3,000 (minimum 8 pax)
​​P 3,000 (minimum 8 pax)
ADVANCED COOKING SKILLS COURSES
PER PARTICIPANT:
COUPLES: 
MAKE YOUR OWN FULL GROUP OF TEN:
P 1,800 (minimum 6 pax)
​P 2,500 PER COUPLE
P 1200 PER PARTICIPANT 
  • My Farmhouse Kitchens will NOT collect payments in the form of cheques at any time.
  • Clients are responsible to make near or exact cash available by the time of the final payment.
  • The mode of payment is electronic banking.   See details below in placing orders.
  • Payments made via E-wallet and bank deposits shall be accompanied with a reference to our invoice number issued to you.
PLACING ORDERS

When placing an order you can pay online on check out and make it payable to:

Account Name:  Pinnacle Foods & Hospitality Group (Pty) Ltd.
Account Number:  62833930086
Branch Address:  First National Bank Mogoditshane Branch, Plot 4071 Unit 5 & 6 Mogoditshane
Country:  Botswana
Branch Code:  288967
Swift Code:  FIRNBWGX

When ordering to include the items wanted as well as you correct shipping address.  Also include any comments you think we may need to know for best results in processing you order.
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Order Cancellations
Orders can be cancelled for only 1 hour after placing them. If you do contact us after the 1 hour period, if we have not dug your plants we will be glad to change the items or give an in-store credit for the full amount. No refunds after the 1 hour period. No changes can be made after plants are dug. We dig usually the next day after orders are received.